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Quadriplegic Wheelchair

Sudhanshu Kushwaha

Abstract


A World Health Organization report states that between 250,000 and 500,000 new spinal cord injuries occur annually worldwide. People's lives are shattered in a split second by a spinal cord injury, rendering them paralyzed for the rest of their lives. Varieties of electric wheelchairs exist to support paraplegics, but quadriplegics—those who are unable to move any of their body parts except their head—cannot use them. The Smart Wheelchair concept is implemented to facilitate quadriplegics' mobility and localization. The microcontroller receives a conforming signal from a MEMS sensor that detects head movements. Using motor drive circuits, the microcontroller directs the wheelchair's directions. We also contain the eye squint sensor and voice acknowledgment sensors to over powered the constraints of the current frameworks.


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